Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

The Africa Private Sector Summit (APSS) has appointed a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Presidential Candidate, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, as the chairman of its board of directors. Moghalu’s appointment was made known in a statement by the founder and outgoing Chairman of APSS, Judson Wendell Addy. Wendell Add said Moghalu’s “international leadership experience, credibility, and networks will help advance the goals of APSS, as we proceed with the roll-out of the draft charter on private sector development, rights and protection of the environment in Africa [Private Sector Bill of Rights], across all of Africa’s five…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has celebrated the life and legacy of the late patriarch of the Tinubu family, Alhaji Kafaru Oluwole Tinubu (CP Rtd), on the 20th anniversary of his passing. The president, in a statement on Thursday by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, extolled the sterling qualities of the late patriarch, who was a distinguished public servant, lawyer, administrator and philanthropist. “Baba was the finest of men. He was an honourable man; he was noble. He believed in defending the weak against the strong and standing for what is just even at the cost of personal liberty. He was my…

The Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council spokesman, Yunusa Tanko, has said the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, would make pronouncements on his political future soon. Tanko made this known while reacting to the apex court sitting in Abuja on Thursday, which dismissed the petitions filed by Peter Obi and his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, against the election of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 presidential poll. Speaking on the court judgement, the spokesman lamented that the Supreme Court turned deaf ears to the several pleas made by the party, and they are resorting to the masses’…

Brighton secured their first win in Europe, completely outplaying fallen giants Ajax in a 2-0 victory on a famous night at the Amex Stadium in the UEFA Europa League. The visitors are four-time European champions, but are in a rut right now, down in the relegation zone in the Eredivisie and without a permanent manager. Brighton compounded Ajax’s woes with a controlled and impressive display that belied The Seagulls’ own troubles of a mounting injury list. Brighton struggled to turn thei possession into chances in a one-sided first-half, but finally took the lead when Kaoru Mitoma’s shot was saved back…

Darwin Nunez and Mo Salah were among those on target as Liverpool made it three wins from three in UEFA Europa League Group E courtesy of a thumping 5-1 victory over Toulouse at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp made eight changes from the side that eased past Everton in the Merseyside derby, but it mattered little as they proved too strong for last season’s French Cup winners. Diogo Jota opened the scoring when he was allowed to surge through the centre of the visiting defence and coolly fire home on nine minutes. Toulouse briefly stunned Anfield just seven minutes later when Thijs…

The Ekiti State Government has approved the disbursement of another tranche of car loans to the tune of N136,260,000 for 368 civil servants. This was disclosed by Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development Akin Oyebode, who confirmed that Governor Biodun Oyebanji approved the injection of N200 million into the loan scheme. Oyebode disclosed that the governor also approved the payment of N174,394,176.88 in outstanding deductions from salaries to cooperative societies and the Federal Mortgage Bank. According to him, sums ranging from N80,000 to N1.5 million will be disbursed to the beneficiaries of the loan scheme, depending on their grade levels.…

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has said the judgement of the Supreme Court affirming the victory of President Bola Tinubu is a proof that the February 25 presidential election was not manipulated. Ganduje stated this in a statement released through his Chief Press Secretary, Edwin Olofu, on Thursday. The former Governor of Kano State called on presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and is counterpart in the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi to wait till 2031 when Tinubu would have rounded off his second term. Ganduje, who congratulated Tinubu, said the judgement has laid…

Former President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said Nigeria deserves a break after a tortuous eight months of expensive legal journey. Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, urged the opposition to take the hand of fellowship extended by the Tinubu/Shettima APC government, having exhausted their rights as constitutionally allowed. He advised them to allow the government to run their administration and the people to have the benefit of the promises the All Progressives Congress (APC) made. Buhari said the decision to dismiss the appeals by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Mr. Peter…

Barcelona have apologised to Vinícius Júnior after a club director dismissed the racist abuse the Real Madrid forward has received and said that he deserves a “slap.” Miquel Camps, who is on Barça’s board, made the comment on X, formerly known as Twitter, following Vinícius’ showboating during Real Madrid’s Champions League win against Braga on Tuesday. Camps quickly deleted his post on Tuesday, but it had made headlines across Spain. “It’s not racism, he deserves a slap for being a clown and a joker, what do those unnecessary and pointless stepovers in the middle of the pitch mean?” Camps wrote. Barça vice president Rafa…

The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Thursday morning has dismissed Atiku Abubakar’s fresh evidence of Bola Tinubu’s alleged Chicago State University forgery. The apex court said that it lacks the jurisdiction to rule on an application not already determined by the election petition tribunal. “The application for fresh evidence cannot be granted. We do not have jurisdiction and there is no pleading or issue for determination in this appeal on allegation or forgery”. – Supreme Court The Supreme Court is delivering judgement on the appeals filed by the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and that of Labour Party…

The embattled deputy governor of Ondo state, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has tendered an apology to the State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, over the political crisis in the State which arose from his absence from the State. Aiyedatiwa, at a press briefing in Akure, lamented the embarrassment and discomfort the Governor has faced due to the barrage of negative news in the State in the last few months. He pledged his loyalty to the governor and commitment to the development of the State, the Deputy Governor said there was the need to calm all nerves in order to restore peace and tranquility…

Mark Zuckerberg’s social media company, Meta, has revealed that Facebook’s daily average users (DAUs) increased by 5% year on year to 2.09 billion in September this year.  Meta disclosed this in its earnings report for Q3 2023. According to the report, all the family of apps owned by the company, which include WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and most recently, Threads, had total daily average users of 3.14 billion as of September, which was 7% growth year on year. This shows that Facebook is the most used of the Meta apps family. With 2.09 billion DAUs, Facebook alone accounted for 66.5% of daily users across all Meta…